List of Doctor Who writers

This is a list of television writers for the science fiction television programme Doctor Who. The list defaults to ascending alphabetical order by writer's last name, though is sortable by a number of different criteria.

List of writers Writer of stories of episodes List of stories First story year Last story year 2 8 Remembrance of the Daleks (1988) Battlefield (1989)19881989 2 10 The Pirate Planet (1978) Shada (2017)19782017 2 10The Invasion of Time (1978) City of Death (1979)19781979 1.16 2 "The Haunting of Villa Diodati" (2020) Flux (2021) (episode 4, "Village of the Angels", only; co-written with Chris Chibnall)20202021 1 1 "The Well" (2025) (co-written with Russell T Davies)20252025 (Mervyn Haisman and Henry Lincoln) 1 5The Dominators (1968)19681968 2 8Kinda (1982) Snakedance (1983)19821983 9 36 The Claws of Axos (1971, co-written with Dave Martin) The Mutants (1972, co-written with Dave Martin) The Three Doctors (1972–73, co-written with Dave Martin) The Sontaran Experiment (1975, co-written with Dave Martin) The Hand of Fear (1976, co-written with Dave Martin) The Invisible Enemy (1977, co-written with Dave Martin) Underworld (1978, co-written with Dave Martin) The Armageddon Factor (1979, co-written with Dave Martin) Nightmare of Eden (1979)19711979 3.5 11The Mark of the Rani (1985) Terror of the Vervoids (1986) The Ultimate Foe (1986, part 2) Time and the Rani (1987)19851987 1 1"Knock Knock" (2017)20172017 3 12Logopolis (1981) Castrovalva (1982) Frontios (1984)19811984 3 12The Savages (1966) The War Machines (1966) The Macra Terror (1967)19661967 1 1"Rosa" (2018) (co-written by Chris Chibnall)20182018 (Terrance Dicks and Robert Holmes) 1 4 The Brain of Morbius (1976)19761976 3 12 The Face of Evil (1977) The Robots of Death (1977) Image of the Fendahl (1977)19771977 2 7Dragonfire (1987) The Curse of Fenric (1989)19871989 3 12The Keeper of Traken (1981) Arc of Infinity (1983) Warriors of the Deep (1984)19811984 20 28"42" (2007) "The Hungry Earth" / "Cold Blood" (2010) "Dinosaurs on a Spaceship" (2012) "The Power of Three" (2012) "The Woman Who Fell to Earth" (2018) "The Ghost Monument" (2018) "Rosa" (2018) (co-written with Malorie Blackman) "Arachnids in the UK" (2018) "The Tsuranga Conundrum" (2018) "The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos" (2018) "Resolution" (2019) "Spyfall" (2020) "Fugitive of the Judoon" (2020) (co-written with Vinay Patel) "Praxeus" (2020) (co-written with Pete McTighe) "Can You Hear Me?" (2020) (co-written with Charlene James) "Ascension of the Cybermen" / "The Timeless Children" (2020) "Revolution of the Daleks" Flux (2021) (part 4, "Village of the Angels", co-written with Maxine Alderton) "Eve of the Daleks" (2022) "Legend of the Sea Devils" (2022) (co-written with Ella Road) "The Power of the Doctor" (2022)20072022 1 3Silver Nemesis (1988)19881988 1 4Enlightenment (1983)19831983 1 4An Unearthly Child (1963)19631963 2 3"Father's Day" (2005) "Human Nature" / "The Family of Blood" (2007)20052007 2 8The Myth Makers (1965) The Gunfighters (1966)19651966 2 2"In the Forest of the Night" (2014) "Smile" (2017)20142017 2 2"The Rings of Akhaten" (2013) "Hide" (2013)20132013 1 3The Happiness Patrol (1988)19881988 1 1"Vincent and the Doctor" (2010)20102010 38 47 "Rose" (2005) "The End of the World" (2005) "Aliens of London"/"World War Three" (2005) "The Long Game" (2005) "Boom Town" (2005) "Bad Wolf"/"The Parting of the Ways" (2005) "The Christmas Invasion" (2005) "New Earth" (2006) "Tooth and Claw" (2006) "Love & Monsters" (2006) "Army of Ghosts"/"Doomsday" (2006) "The Runaway Bride" (2006) "Smith and Jones" (2007) "Gridlock" (2007) "Utopia"/"The Sound of Drums"/"Last of the Time Lords" (2007) "Voyage of the Damned" (2007) "Partners in Crime" (2008) "Midnight" (2008) "Turn Left" (2008) "The Stolen Earth"/"Journey's End" (2008) "The Next Doctor" (2008) "Planet of the Dead" (2009) (co-written with Gareth Roberts) "The Waters of Mars" (2009) (co-written with Phil Ford) "The End of Time" (2009–10) "The Star Beast" (2023) "Wild Blue Yonder" (2023) "The Giggle" (2023) "The Church on Ruby Road" (2023) "Space Babies" (2024) "The Devil's Chord" (2024) "73 Yards" (2024) "Dot and Bubble" (2024) "The Legend of Ruby Sunday"/"Empire of Death" (2024) "The Robot Revolution" (2025) "Lux" (2025) "The Well" (2025) (co-written with Sharma Angel-Walfall) "Wish World"/"The Reality War" (2025) 2005 2025 3.5 14The Tenth Planet (1966) (episodes 3 and 4; co-written with Kit Pedler) The Highlanders (1966–67) (co-written with Elwyn Jones) The Tomb of the Cybermen (1967) (co-written with Kit Pedler) Revenge of the Cybermen (1975)19661975 1 1"The Interstellar Song Contest" (2025)20252025 5 23The Seeds of Death (1969) (episodes 3–6, uncredited) The War Games (1969) Robot (1974–75) Horror of Fang Rock (1977) State of Decay (1980) "The Five Doctors" (1983)19691983 2 2"Face the Raven" (2015) "Thin Ice" (2017)20152017 3 8Four to Doomsday (1982) Black Orchid (1982) The King's Demons (1983)19821983 1 1"The Story & the Engine" (2025)20252025 1 6The Faceless Ones (1967, co-written with Malcolm Hulke)19671967 1 4Galaxy 4 (1965)19651965 1 4The Ark (1966, co-written with Lesley Scott)19661966 4 16The Stones of Blood (1978) The Androids of Tara (1978) The Creature from the Pit (1979) The Leisure Hive (1980)19781980 1 4Meglos (1980, co-written with Andrew McCulloch)19801980 2 2"The Waters of Mars" (2009) (co-written with Russell T Davies) "Into the Dalek" (2014) (co-written with Steven Moffat)20092014 2 2"The Doctor's Wife" (2011) "Nightmare in Silver" (2013)20112013 2 8Warriors' Gate (1981) Terminus (1983)19811983 9 9"The Unquiet Dead" (2005) "The Idiot's Lantern" (2006) "Victory of the Daleks" (2010) "Night Terrors" (2011) "Cold War" (2013) "The Crimson Horror" (2013) "Robot of Sherwood" (2014) "Sleep No More" (2015) "Empress of Mars" (2017)20052017 2 3"Fear Her" (2006) "The Rebel Flesh" / "The Almost People" (2011)20062011 2 2 "The Lazarus Experiment" (2007) "The Doctor's Daughter" (2008)20072008 3 12Time-Flight (1982) Mawdryn Undead (1983) Planet of Fire (1984)19821984 2 12The Abominable Snowmen (1967, co-written with Henry Lincoln) The Web of Fear (1968, co-written with Henry Lincoln)19671968 3 4"Kill the Moon" (2014) "The Zygon Invasion" / "The Zygon Inversion" (2015) ("The Zygon Inversion" co-written with Steven Moffat) "The Pyramid at the End of the World" (2017) (co-written with Steven Moffat)20142017 (Lewis Greifer and Robert Holmes) 1 4Pyramids of Mars (1975)19751975 6 30"The Celestial Toymaker" (1966) "The Smugglers" (1966) "The Ice Warriors" (1967) "The Seeds of Death" (1969) "The Curse of Peladon" (1972) "The Monster of Peladon" (1974)19661974 1 1"Rogue" (2024, co-written with Briony Redman)20242024 2 2"It Takes You Away" (2018) "Orphan 55" (2020)20182020 15.5 64 The Krotons (1968–69) The Space Pirates (1969) Spearhead from Space (1970) Terror of the Autons (1971) Carnival of Monsters (1973) The Time Warrior (1973–74) The Ark in Space (1975) The Deadly Assassin (1976) The Talons of Weng-Chiang (1977) The Sun Makers (1977) The Ribos Operation (1978) The Power of Kroll (1978–79) The Caves of Androzani (1984) The Two Doctors (1985) The Mysterious Planet (1986) The Ultimate Foe (1986, part 1)19681986 2 13Inferno (1970) The Mind of Evil (1971)19701971 7 47 The Faceless Ones (1967, co-written with David Ellis) The War Games (1969, co-written with Terrance Dicks) Doctor Who and the Silurians (1970) Colony in Space (1971) The Sea Devils (1972) Frontier in Space (1973) Invasion of the Dinosaurs (1974)19671974 1 1Doctor Who (1996)19961996 1 1"Can You Hear Me?" (2020)20202020 1 4The Highlanders (1966–67) (co-written with Gerry Davis)19661967 1 4 The Space Museum (1965)19651965 1 2"The Impossible Planet" / "The Satan Pit" (2006)20062006 1 3Delta and the Bannermen (1987)19871987 (Barry Letts and Robert Sloman) 1 5The Dæmons (1971)19711971 2 12The Abominable Snowmen (1967, co-written with Mervyn Haisman) The Web of Fear (1968, co-written with Mervyn Haisman)19671968 1 4 The Mind Robber (1968)19681968 3 15Marco Polo (1964) The Aztecs (1964) The Massacre (1966) (episode 4 co-written with Donald Tosh)19641966 2 3"Rise of the Cybermen" / "The Age of Steel" (2006) "The Girl Who Waited" (2011)20062011 4 15Planet of Giants (1965) Day of the Daleks (1972) Planet of Evil (1975) The Masque of Mandragora (1976)19651976 8 32The Claws of Axos (1971) (co-written with Bob Baker) The Mutants (1972) (co-written with Bob Baker) The Three Doctors (1972–73) (co-written with Bob Baker) The Sontaran Experiment (1975) (co-written with Bob Baker) The Hand of Fear (1976) (co-written with Bob Baker) The Invisible Enemy (1977) (co-written with Bob Baker) Underworld (1978) (co-written with Bob Baker) The Armageddon Factor (1979) (co-written with Bob Baker)19711979 2 6Vengeance on Varos (1985) Mindwarp (1986)19851986 4 4"Mummy on the Orient Express" (2014) "Flatline" (2014) "The Girl Who Died" (2015) (co-written with Steven Moffat) "Oxygen" (2017)20142017 1 2Timelash (1985)19851985 1 4Meglos (1980, co-written with John Flanagan)19801980 3 3 "Kerblam!" (2018) "Praxeus" (2020) (co-written with Chris Chibnall) "Lucky Day" (2025)20182025 1 1"Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror" (2020)20202020 42.5 51"The Empty Child" / "The Doctor Dances" (2005) "The Girl in the Fireplace" (2006) "Blink" (2007) "Silence in the Library" / "Forest of the Dead" (2008) "The Eleventh Hour" (2010) "The Beast Below" (2010) "The Time of Angels" / "Flesh and Stone" (2010) "The Pandorica Opens" / "The Big Bang" (2010) "A Christmas Carol" (2010) "The Impossible Astronaut" / "Day of the Moon" (2011) "A Good Man Goes to War" (2011) "Let's Kill Hitler" (2011) "The Wedding of River Song" (2011) "The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe" (2011) "Asylum of the Daleks" (2012) "The Angels Take Manhattan" (2012) "The Snowmen" (2012) "The Bells of Saint John" (2013) "The Name of the Doctor" (2013) "The Night of the Doctor" (2013) "The Day of the Doctor" (2013) "The Time of the Doctor" (2013) "Deep Breath" (2014) "Into the Dalek" (2014) (co-written with Phil Ford) "Listen" (2014) "Time Heist" (2014) (co-written with Steve Thompson) "The Caretaker" (2014) (co-written with Gareth Roberts) "Dark Water" / "Death in Heaven" (2014) "Last Christmas" (2014) "The Magician's Apprentice" / "The Witch's Familiar" (2015) "The Girl Who Died" (2015) (co-written with Jamie Mathieson) "The Zygon Inversion" (2015) (co-written with Peter Harness) "Heaven Sent" (2015) "Hell Bent" (2015) "The Husbands of River Song" (2015) "The Return of Doctor Mysterio" (2016) "The Pilot" (2017) "Extremis" (2017) "The Pyramid at the End of the World" (2017) (co-written with Peter Harness) "World Enough and Time" / "The Doctor Falls" (2017) "Twice Upon a Time" (2017) "Boom" (2024) "Joy to the World" (2024)20052024 1 2Attack of the Cybermen (1985)19851985 1 1"The Fires of Pompeii" (2008)20082008 2 4Survival (1989) "The Eaters of Light" (2017)19892017 10.5 56The Daleks (1963–64) The Keys of Marinus (1964) The Dalek Invasion of Earth (1964) The Chase (1965) Mission to the Unknown (1965) The Daleks' Master Plan (1965–66) (episodes 1-5, 7) Planet of the Daleks (1973) Death to the Daleks (1974) Genesis of the Daleks (1975) The Android Invasion (1975) Destiny of the Daleks (1979)19631979 1 6The Sensorites (1964)19641964 1 1"Amy's Choice" (2010)20102010 1 4The Underwater Menace (1967)19671967 2 2"Demons of the Punjab" (2018) "Fugitive of the Judoon" (2020) (with Chris Chibnall)20182020 3 12The Tenth Planet (all episodes; episodes 3 and 4 co-written with Gerry Davis, 1966) The Moonbase (1967) The Tomb of the Cybermen (1967) (co-written with Gerry Davis)19661967 1 6Fury from the Deep (1968)19681968 1 3Ghost Light (1989)19891989 1 2The Awakening (1984)19841984 2 4"Daleks in Manhattan" / "Evolution of the Daleks" (2007)